Camp Pendleton Marine dies in Iraq

CAMP PENDLETON -- A 21-year-old Marine based at Camp Pendleton
has died in the war in Iraq, base officials announced Friday.

Pfc. Rex A. Page, of Kirksville, Mo., died Wednesday of wounds
he suffered in combat in Al Anbar province, according to a written
statement from the base.

Page was a rifleman assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine
Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. He
joined the Marine Corps on May 2, 2005. His personal awards include
the Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal,
National Defense Service Medal, and Sea Service Deployment
Ribbon.

No additional information was available. Page's death brings the
number of locally based Marines killed in the war to at least 295.
At least 2,530 U.S. service members have died in Iraq since the war
began in March 2003, according to the Pentagon.